**Official** 5th Test at Sydney, 3-7 Jan 2025

[Gnske]

Speaking of people who should have unironically opted out though....

 

[Bahnz]

Yeah good luck making 250+ on this. Someone's either going to have to be freakishly lucky or play an ATG innings. Probably both.

 

[Nintendo]

What's starc's average for the 4 non pink ball games this series?

 

[CricketDreamer]

36 overs remaining today ....

 

[Shady Slim]

these ****s had better make it to stumps so i can see virat tomorrow
if he comes out tonight he's not seeing the morning because boland will nick him off on like two

 

[Niall]

This pitch is still doing tons if you don't bowl four half trackers an over

I've been quite critical of India bats for not digging in to make big scores, but they may as well bazball it, with maybe KL doing his best Pujara impression, it will result in some ugly dismissals , but not sure you can nurdle and block to a winnable score on this pitch.

 

[trundler]

What's starc's average for the 4 non pink ball games this series?

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39.5

 

[OverratedSanity]

This dude is going to run through us again

 

[Gnske]

We do not deserve Boland

 

[Spark]

Where you going KL

 

[halba]

Match is effectively over. Never rated Starc.

 

[CricketDreamer]

Great bowling from Boland..Bowl-end Rahul

 

[Niall]

Nice 1st test from KL, but overall a poor enough series IMO, that's his career personified.

 

[Spark]

Same ball to Gill please

 

[trundler]

Boland doesn't give off the same loser energy as the rest of this traumatized attack

 

[Spark]

Nice 1st test from KL, but overall a poor enough series IMO, that's his career personified.

Was really good in Brisbane as well tbf but yeah tailed away badly

 

[OverratedSanity]

Nice 1st test from KL, but overall a poor enough series IMO, that's his career personified.

Not surprising at all he's tailed off. Happens in even all his good-ish series.

 

[King Kane]

Boland the best of the Aussie bowlers so far in this innings.

Can Gill score some runs here? He doesn't need many to be better than Rohit.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Those away from the body run-down-to-third-man dabs to Boland look very unsafe. They're not going to be able to keep those down all the time.

 

[Prince EWS]

Was really good in Brisbane as well tbf but yeah tailed away badly

I don't think Rohit deciding to move him to 3 helped at all. That opening partnership was going really well.